SpinRite Alternatives

SpinRite is described as 'Computer software program for scanning magnetic data storage devices such as hard disks, recovering data from them and refreshing their surfaces' and is an app in the os & utilities category. There are seven alternatives to SpinRite for Windows and MS-DOS. The best SpinRite alternative is Victoria, which is free. Other great apps like SpinRite are HDD Regenerator, MHDD, HDAT2 and DiskFresh.

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  1. Victoria icon

    Victoria

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    Victoria is a small application designed to assess performance, test and perform minor repairs to your IDE drive and SATA HDD. It's designed primarily for HDD repairmen in stationary conditions and is not intended to test the system hard drive.

    24 Victoria alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
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    It tries to recover bad sector and reads smart data It is faster than SpinRite and gives you an option to select part of the drive that you wish to scan or repair

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Most users think Victoria is a great SpinRite alternative.

    • Victoria is the most popular Windows alternative to SpinRite.

    • Victoria is the most popular free alternative to SpinRite.

    • Victoria is Free and ProprietarySpinRite is Paid and Proprietary
  2. HDD Regenerator icon

    HDD Regenerator

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    HDD Regenerator is a unique program for regeneration of physically damaged hard disk drives. It does not hide bad sectors, it really restores them!.

    9 HDD Regenerator alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
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    • Most users think HDD Regenerator is a great SpinRite alternative.

    • HDD Regenerator is the most popular commercial alternative to SpinRite.

    • HDD Regenerator is Paid and ProprietarySpinRite is also Paid and Proprietary
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    MHDD

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    MHDD is the most popular freeware program for low-level HDD diagnostics.

    MHDD supports these interfaces: IDE, Serial ATA, SCSI. Also there is a possibility to access an USB storage, there are drivers for emulation (USB->SCSI).

    This software can make precise diagnostic of the.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
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    DiskFresh

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     DiskFresh is a simple yet powerful tool that can refresh your hard disk signal without changing its data by reading and writing each sector and hence making your disk more reliable for storage. It also informs you if there are any damaged/bad sectors so you know the right...

    4 DiskFresh alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  7. DRevitalize icon

    DRevitalize

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    DRevitalize is a program that repairs bad sectors (physical defects) on popular magnetic media (hard drives and also floppy drives to some extent) by generating a special sequence of high and low signals around the physically damaged area.

    7 DRevitalize alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • MS-DOS
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    CheckDrive

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    CheckDrive warns you before you lose all your data! Never be surprised by a hard drive failure again! Shows you the health status of your plates Informs you in case of problems.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
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